Education

Master of Architecture Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, June 1984 Diplom-Ingenieur, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, March 1984

Keywords

Sustainability, Regenerative Design, High-Performance, Net Zero, EcoDistricts, LEED, WELL, Living Building Challenge, Ecosystem Services, Energy, Daylighting, Green, Equity, Resilience, Climate Protection, Carbon Neutrality

Biography

Dagmar B. Epsten, FAIA, LEED Fellow, CxA, is the founder and President/CEO of Epsten Group, an Atlanta-based architectural and engineering firm providing services for high-performance buildings since 1991. As the first LEED Fellow in Georgia, Ms. Epsten is an internationally recognized pioneer in sustainable design and services that optimize building performance. She obtained a Master in Architecture degree from Georgia Tech and an undergraduate degree in architecture from Karlsruhe University, Germany. For 25 years, her firm’s focus on comprehensive, high-performance design solutions involves architectural and interior design services combined with commissioning, sustainability consulting, energy modeling and optimization, building and product certifications, building envelope consulting, commissioning, and facility assessments, roofing and waterproofing, and energy auditing expertise.

Dagmar became an early spokesperson for sustainable architecture in Georgia, founding the American Institute of Architects (AIA) both Atlanta and Georgia “Committees on the Environment” as well as the AIA Georgia Sustainable Design Awards program. She is a founding member of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Greater Atlanta Chapter and served as a board member for three years for the Green Chamber of the South.

Dagmar was the LEED consultant for the first LEED-certified building in Atlanta, achieving LEED Silver for the Management Building for Georgia Tech’s Technology. Dagmar also serves on Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture Advisory Board and has recently endowed the annual Epsten Environmental Vision Award.